Daniel Pedrosa Lahir di Sabadell, Spanyol tanggal 29 September 1985. Ia mulai debut balap grandprix motor pada tahun 2001 di kelas GP 125 cc bersama tim Telefonica movistar Honda JR, dan meraih posisi ke 8 klasemen akhir. Tahun 2002 ia membalap di tim yang sama dan meraih juara 3 dunia GP 125 cc. Di musim balap 2003 bersama tim Telefonica movistar Honda JR, ia merebut juara dunia GP 125cc dengan poin 223. Di tahun 2004 ia pindah ke kelas 250 cc dan bergabung dengan tim telefonica movistar Honda 250, dan langsung merebut juara dunia GP 250cc. Tahun 2005 ia kembali mendominasi balapan dan mempertahankan gelar juara dunia GP 250 cc. Di musim balap 2006 ia pindah ke kelas MotoGP dan membalap untuk tim Repsol Honda, bersama pembalap Amerika Nicky Hayden.
Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa (born September 29, 1985 in Sabadell, Spain) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer [1]. Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. He is the youngest world champion in 125cc and 250cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa is 1.58m (5ft, 2in) tall and weighs 51kg (112.4lbs).
Career
[edit] Early days
Dani Pedrosa started riding bikes at the early age of four, when he got his first motorcycle, an Italjet 50, which had side-wheels. His first racing bike was a minibike replica of Kawasaki, which he got at the age of six and which he used to race with his friends. Pedrosa experienced real racing at the age of 11, when he entered the Spanish Minibike Championship and ended his debut season in second place, scoring his first podium finish in the second race of the season. The next year, Pedrosa entered the same championship, but health problems prevented him from improving his results and he ended that season in 3rd position.
[edit] 125cc
In 2001, Pedrosa made his World Championship debut in the 125cc class after being selected from the Movistar Activa Cup, a series designed to promote fresh racing talent in Spain, back in 1999. Under the guidance of Alberto Puig, Pedrosa scored two podium finishes in the first season and won his first race the following year, when he finished third in the championship. In 2003, he won five races and won the championship with two rounds remaining, scoring 223 points. In his first championship winning year, Pedrosa scored five victories and six podium finishes. A week after winning the championship, eighteen year old Pedrosa broke both of his ankles in a crash during practice at Phillip Island (Australia), ending his season.
[edit] 250cc
After winning the 125cc Championship, Pedrosa moved up to the 250cc class in 2004 without a proper test on the new bike because his ankles were healing during the off-season. Going into the season unprepared, Pedrosa won the first race in South Africa and went on to clinch the 250cc World Championship title, including rookie of the year honours. In his first season in 250cc class, Pedrosa scored 7 victories and 13 podium finishes. Pedrosa decided to stay for one more season in 250cc class, and he won another title, once again with two races remaining in championship. In 2005, Pedrosa won 8 races and scored 14 podium finishes, despite a shoulder injury he sustained in practice session for Japanese Grand Prix.
[edit] MotoGP
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